Orthopedic appliance



L. S. DOYLE.

" ORTHOPEDIC APPLIANCE.

Pix tented 1m. 20, 1921.

- INVENTOB Lqms E5. IDOXIEZ A TTORNEYS UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LOUIS STEPHEN DOYLE, OIF AUSTIN, TEXAS.

ORTHOPEDIC APPLIANCE.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, LOUIS STEPHEN DoYLn, acitizen of the United States, and a resident of Austin, in the county ofTravis and State of Texas, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Orthopedic Appliances, of which the following is aspecification.

My inventionrelates to improvements in orthopedic appliances for usewith the spine.

The object of the invention is to provide an improved appliance of thischaracter which is adapted to exert a pressure upon the spinal column inthe lumbar region so as to maintain the vertebrae in proper position andrelation, thereby relieving the associated organs and muscles ofabnormal strains and restoring these portions of the body to normalposition and condition thus remedying and eliminating the variety ofdiseases and ailments incident to such abnormal positions and conditionsof these portions of the body.

Other objects and advantages of the invention reside in certain. novelfeatures of construction, combination and arrangement of parts whichwill be hereinafter more fully described and particularly pointed out inthe appended claims, reference being had to the accompanying drawingsforming part of this specification and in which:

Figure 1 is a view in elevation illustratingrthe appliance in use;

ig. 2 is a detail view in elevation of the appliance detached;

Fig. 3 is an end elevational view thereof;

Fig. 4 is a side elevational view of a slightly modified form;

Fig. 5 is a detail view in transverse section on line 5-5 of Fig. 4;

Fig. 6 is a rmr elevational view of another form of the invention; and

Fig. 7 is an end elevational view of an other modified form of theinvention.

Referring to the drawings wherein for the sake of illustration is shownthe preferred embodiment of the invention it will be seen by referringto Fig. 1 that the appliance,

. designated'generally at 10, is utilized in the lumbar regions of thespine and is ur' ed against the spine by means of a waist me belt 11which may be the belt normally worn by the user.

In all forms of the invention there is included a plate or body portion12 upon which are carried in spaced parallel relation Specification ofLetters Patent; Patented DEG-"20,; 1921. Application filed February 9;1921. Serial no. 443,615.

pressure ribs13 symmetrically arranged with 1 respect to thelongitudinal axis of the appliance and with respect to the axis of thespinal column and adapted to exert uniform pressure on the oppositesides of the spinal column.

Means is provided for securing the appliance in proper position upon thewearer and preferably consists of a pair of fasteners 15 preferably inthe form of resilient hooks adapted to cooperate with the body garmentof the wearer and a single centrally disposed fastener 16 also in theform of a resilient hook and adapted to embrace and be secured to thebelt 11. Below the central hook 16 and the belt 11 a transverse bar 17is arranged and serves as a guard to prevent the appliance from beingdisplaced upwardly and incidentally serves to brace the lower end of theback.

In the form. of my invention shown in Fig. 2, the bodyportion or plate12 is provided with an extension designated at 18,

the sides of which taper along straight lines,

as at 19, and having a V-shaped recess therein, as shown.

In the form of my invention shown in Fig. 4c, the plate or body portion12 is provided with an extension 22 reduced on curved lines 23 so as toterminate in a reduced end 24.

In the form of my invention shown in Fig. 6, the reduced extension isdesignated at 25, and is rectangular the same as the body portion orplate 12 although on a reduced scale. f

In all forms of the invention the reduced extension is disposed in usebetween the hip bones and centers the appliance and also enables thepressure ribs 13 which extend along the extensions as well as along thebody portion to exert their action in this f re ion.

11 the form of my invention shown in Fig. 8, which may have itsextension designated at 26 formed in any of the above described mannersthe plateor body portion I claim In an orthopedic appliance of thecharao' ribs being symmetrically, disposed with respeet to thelongitudinal axis of the plate and extension and adaptedto exertpressure upon the spinal column to restore it to normal position andcondition, and means for lSQCUI'IIIg the appllan'oe in positioncomprlsing a pair of resilient hooks and a centrally disposed resilienthook oooperable with the belt, and a transverse bar adapted to bearranged below the belt of the wearer to prevent the appliance frommoving upwardly.

LOUIS STEPHENVDOYLE.

